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Chirikyacu Community Quechua-Lamita Culture Highlights
FrontLines - August 2009
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A Chirikyacu woman
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Pandilla: typical carnival season dance undertaken by the
whole community in celebration and thanks to the forest and
the earth for its products and protection. At the start of the
seven-day feast, they dance during a whole day and night to
the sounds of indigenous horns and drums (didin).
Choba-choba: community work undertaken by groups of four
or five farmers who perform necessary agricultural labors in
each of the farms until they have completed all of them. The
owner of the farm provides lunch for all and corn liquor at the
end of the day’s work. This type of labor is not remunerated.
Chumbes: long, colorful, woven cotton belts that are worn
around the forehead to carry baskets of fire wood or harvested
fruits and grains. The lamita women weave them into beautiful
intricate patterns by hand.
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